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Zoned's other cool modifieds
Here is my modded Crosman 1322

My Crosman 2240(poor man's match rifle)

My lightly modded 1377

Kevin's Modified Canadian Hunter The first picture is the original Canadian Hunter. All the modifications were made by Kevin of K&S Airgun. You can check out more of his grips under the grip section and you can follow the link to Kevin's web site to see all the parts he has available.

LarryR modded 2250
My shooting buddy, Jeff, gave me a 2240 and wanted to see what kind of a mod I could come up with. Well, after about a month of working part time on it, this is what I came up with...LOL 1 Changed 2240 gas tube to 2250 2 Walnut grips and Tootsie forearm (still some finish work to do) 3 Cut 1.25" off the length of the Crosman breech 4 Added LPA notch sight 5 Angle ported valve 6 Steve NC HDD (yet to be added) 7 Trigger job - 1.25 lb. pull 8 1/8" extended bolt probe and removed 1/8" from back end of bolt 9 Black Delrin muzzle brake with brass post sight (8-32 drill and tap) 10 Add extra set screw to secure barrel (2) 11 10" barrel


LarryR's modded 2240
This is a 2240 with a cut down steel breech (1.25" shorter) and 7.5", .22 cal barrel. The barrel is shrouded with carbon fiber and tipped with a Delrin muzzle brake, brass post sight and brass parting tip. The rear sight is a Crosman LPA sight and the forearm is made of Delrin. Very light weight pistol and fun to shoot.

Shawn's MA 2250HPA
After several months, about six, I am finally able to post a few photos of my Mountain Air 2250 HPA made by Roy Weid. It was definitely worth the wait. First let me say that Roy and Steve Corcoran are two of the best guys that I have had the pleasure of dealing with in a very long time. As it turns out Steve made a few changes to his stock design and I may be one of the first to have the new stock. The gun is a joy to shoot. It has taken a bit to get familiar with the trigger. Roy did a nice job on the Crosman trigger, but it is not at the caliber that you would experience with an Air Arms, Mac-1 LD, or even my highly modified Airforce Condor. But it works well. I would estimate that it breaks around 1 pound. The gun has the RJ Machine Riser breech and Crosman 14" barrel under the carbon fiber shroud. It has the option of changeable hammer springs and so far I have only shot it at high power. I topped it off with the Leapers 3-12X44 30mm SWAT Mini Size A.O. Range Estimating Mil-Dot Scope. I had initially purchased another BSA Sweet .22 with illuminated reticle for the gun. But the scope that I received was absolutely terrible. It would not focus at any range. I will be using this gun mainly for backyard pest control and I feel it will do well. It's hard to get the weather to cooperate here in the Pacific Northwest, so my shooting opportunities are limited. But today the sun was shinning and here are the photos.

Shawn's Urban Squirrel Gun
Obviously, The inspiration of this rifle was provided by Zombieheadhunter's "Headhunter Carbine". When he posted his work, I immediately knew that that was the direction for my first project. We are very lucky to have a U.S. based airgun manufacturer that is willing to sell parts to Joe average. The rifle started straight out of the bubble pack from AOA. I cut the tube down to match the length of RJ Machine's Long Breech. Modified the valve per Biohazardman's and Tim millers suggestions. Installed the QB adapter to accommodate a WEVO 13 cu. in., 3000psi tank. I went through several different paintball regulators and settled on one from Pure Energy. The regulator is modified to put out 1200 psi. The barrel started life as a 2260 barrel. It's final length settled in at 21". There was no real reason for this length, it just took me a few attempts to get the crown just right. The barrel is finished off with a home made Muzzle Brake. Again, it shows my lack of lathe skills. But the next one will be even better. It is very effective though. The other end has one of Gil's adjustable stocks on it. His products are very well made, and the price is right. Finally, the gun was finished in Woodland Green Dura-Coat. Using the Dura-Coat was a new experience for me as well. The finish has a few flaws, but overall I'm very happy with it. I will definetly get a better airbrush. I used one from Harbor Freight that was so so. The results are as follows: 70 shots, average velocity 774.8 FPS, using CPH's. Starting fill pressure of 3000 psi. Ending pressure of 900 psi. This rifle is gift to my brother. So I'll get to start my next gun soon, and best of all, I'll be be building on the knowledge of the first USG


Follow-up On the USG -First blood
I was relaxing watching TV when the phone rang, it was the neighbor he had something of interest in the back yard and he wanted it removed. I grabbed the USG with some Predators and ran across the circle and through Bob's garage to the back yard. I couldn't see anything then 50 yards out I saw a small black bump move from the ground up about a foot on the side of a tree. I leaned to my right and there she was a really nice woodchuck standing up on her hind legs searching the woods, with a tree between us. She stopped dropped to all 4 and moved to my right about 2-3 feet. She laid down and began to graze on the clover. I stepped to my right for an excellent view of her back, barely visible in the low light. I turned on the red light on the scope, I could see her, she was slightly fuzzy. I had to adjust the AO and at 50 she had clean crisp lines...plain as day. I lined up the cross hairs on her shoulder, paused and moved the line to the second mil. dot. I held for a second, breath, slow exhale, squeeze...POP! downrange I heard a loud slap! The chuck flipped into the air, tumbled around and crawled about ten feet. I walked down and found her laying in the dirt...clean heart shot! The photo is a camera phone...sorry. The chuck, about 20 lbs!

Rich in Mich
Cool! Now which size pellets do you take with for shooting.
I did not like the way a pellet loaded in my 2240's so I made me a custom side loading riser breach from brass hex stock. To tell you it works is an under statement, you can now just push the pellet into the barrel with ease, and the barrel is screwed into the breach so I can change to a .20 barrel without tearing down the rifle of changing the bolt. I made the barrel so the o ring seats on the outer edge of the barrel and it works just fine. I am making them for all 4 of my 2240's and doing two in aluminum and another is brass.


My Next Project for a side loading breach

Rob in NC

Now here's a nice family photo! Crosman that is.

Starting at the top....

2240PCP, Barska scope, Larry MB, Steve C stock...21fpe for 12 shots in .22

1740, NC Star scope, Calvin MB, Zebrawood grips, HDD

1322, CB Breech, Maple grips

1322Carbine, Barska short scope, RJ Breech, Rich in Mich brake, Steve C stock

1377Carbine, Crosman 3x9x32 scope, 2289 forearm, Roy delrin brake, PSP tune

1322 NC Star red dot, Art brake, Cocobolo grips, PSP tune

2240 NC Star scope, CB Breech, Art Brake, MaxZ bulk adapter, Ricks grips

This is a close up of the two 2250's

Rich in Mich
More beauties from Rich in Mich
The 2250 has a .20 13 in.Walther barrel and shoots 11.4 FTS's at 610 fps

The 2240 with the blue grips is a .177 with a cut down gamo barrel and shoots 7.9 cpl's at 680 fps.	The 2240 with the redish grips is a Walther barreled .20 shooting 11.4 FTS's at 590 fps

George Ewen's Custom 22xx

2260 tube, 14" barrel, and custom stock by "ExoticWoody"

Bruce Cox's 2400
Take a closer look at the nice clean lines. Really Cool!
I am going to order one, but would like to see what some of the ones that y'all have put together. Here is some picks of my 2400 custom shop Woodie along with grips and a 13xx forearm. What do you think? Have wood will build.